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> this means that level of endemic infection was reached much sooner than claimed by pretty much all western governments No, it doesn't mean that. An easy reas

> this means that level of endemic infection was reached much sooner than claimed by pretty much all western governments No, it doesn't mean that. An easy reason is that most western governments used PCRs for case confirmations. Another easy reason is that "90% miss on asymptomatic cases" does not mean "90% of all cases are asymptomatic", in fact, quite a lot of "asymptomatic cases" evolve later to "symptomatic cases". > pandemic probably never really was a problem either to begin with I already said this in another comment, but it was a huge problem, and a lot of us lived through it and it was scary. You might not have seen it thanks precisely to those precautions you now criticize, but a lot of cities had a very significant collapse of the healthcare system and a massive amount of deaths. Ignoring this reality is incredibly damaging and I don't understand why so many people like you are so cavalier about this.

orblivion 3y ago
If you look at politics in general, many of us have our egos tied up in their opinions of things. The pandemic was a poignant case. I count myself on this, though I'm mostly on the other side of the person you're responding to. To whatever extent "the other side was right" it's not an easy thing to deal with. Part of it could be that they take exception to being called selfish. I take exception to being called a dupe to authority. It all makes us defensive and irrational.
abraxas 3y ago
I get angry hearing opinions like that of the gp poster. While Covid certainly did not reach the levels of catastrophe of Black Death, it very much was a big problem. Anecdotal evidence from my family points to a massive problem with four fatalities on my wife's side of the family and one on mine.